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032-002043072

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'CAPABILITY' BROWN: correspondence of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, landscape gardener (b.1715, d.1783), comprising mainly letters from patrons relating to commissions, but also including a few letters from Brown and his wife on family matters; 1753-1784, n.d. See Dorothy Stroud, Capability Brown (rev. ed. 1957), Appendix III, pp. 217-222, where extracts are printed from a number of the letters. Formerly owned by G. R. M. Pakenham, a descendant of Capability Brown through his daughter Margaret. Presented by Miss Dorothy Stroud, July 1989.

Paper; ff. i+122. British Library arrangement. Contemporary vellum folder with leather tags kept separately.

Scope & Content:

Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, architect and landscape gardener: Horticulture: Correspondence of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown: 1753-1784, n.d.

includes:

f. 1 Admiral George Anson, Baron Anson: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1753.
f. 2 Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1755.
f. 4 George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough: Langley, Buckinghamshire: Letter to 'Capability' Brown from 4th Duke of Marlborough rel. to Langley: 1763.
f. 6 Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount Irwin: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: aft. 1765.
ff. 8, 42 Croome, Worcestershire: George William Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry: Letters to 'Capability' Brown from 6th Earl of Coventry rel. to Croome: 1766, 1772.
ff. 10, 99 Lady Hester Pitt, Baroness Chatham; wife of William, 1st Earl of Chatham: Letters to 'Capability' Brown: 1767, 1777.
ff. 11, 17 Charlton, Wiltshire: Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk: Letters to 'Capability' Brown from Earl of Suffolk rel. to Charlton: 1767.
f. 13 Charles Sloane Cadogan, 3rd Baron Cadogan: Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Letter to 'Capability' Brown from Charles Sloane Cadogan rel. to Blenheim Palace: 1767.
f. 15 Major Emanuel Lutterton, of the Duke of Brunswick's Service: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1767.
ff. 19, 48 Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter: Burghley, Northamptonshire: Letters to 'Capability' Brown from 9th Earl of Exeter rel. to Burghley: 1767, 1773.
f. 20 Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire: Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke: Letter to 'Capability' Brown from 2nd Earl of Hardwicke rel. to Wimpole Hall: 1767.
f. 22 Combe Abbey; Warwickshire: Letter from Lord Craven to 'Capability' Brown rel. to Combe Abbey: [1770].
ff. 22, 67 William Craven, 6th Baron Craven: Letters to 'Capability' Brown: [1770], 1773.
f. 25 Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon: Rycote, Oxfordshire: Letter to 'Capability' Brown from 4th Earl of Abingdon rel. to Rycote: [1770-1776?].
f. 27 Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1772.
f. 28 Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Baron Bruce of Tottenham; 1st Earl of Ailesbury 1776: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1772.
f. 29 William Breton: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1772.
f. 31 William Constable, of Burton Constable, county Yorkshire: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1772.
ff. 32, 44 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: Letters to 'Capability' Brown: 1772.
ff. 35, 77 Mamhead, Devon: Wilmot Vaughan, Viscount Lisburne; 1st Earl of Lisburne: Letters to 'Capability' Brown from Viscount Lisburne rel. to Mamhead: 1772, 1773.
f. 38 Reverend John Mainwaring, Fellow of St John's, Cambridge: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1772.
ff. 40, 118 Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; Lord North; Prime Minister: Letters to 'Capability' Brown: [1772], n.d.
f. 46 J. Jodrell, of Manchester: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1772.
ff. 49, 95 Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland; formerly Smithson: Letters to 'Capability' Brown: 1773, 1775.
ff. 52, 65 John Robinson, Secretary to the Treasury: Letters to 'Capability' Brown: 1773.
f. 55 George Brown, brother of 'Capability' Brown: Letter to his brother: 1773.
f. 57 Sir William St Quinton, 5th Baronet: Scampston, East Riding of Yorkshire: Letter to 'Capability' Brown from Sir William St Quinton rel. to Scampston: 1773.
f. 58 Charles Drummond & Co; bankers, Charing Cross: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1773.
f. 60 Anthony Joseph Browne, 7th Viscount Montagu: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1773.
f. 61 Anne Chichester, wife of Arthur, 5th Earl of Donegall: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1773.
f. 63 John Smith De Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1773.
f. 67 Benham, Buckinghamshire: Letter of Lord Craven to 'Capability' Brown rel. to Benham: 1773.
f. 69 Admiral John Montagu: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1773.
ff. 71, 79 Henry Arundell, 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour: Wardour Castle, Wiltshire: Letters to 'Capability' Brown from 8th Baron Arundell rel. to Wardour Castle: 1773.
f. 73 Claremont, Surrey: Sir John Lambert, 3rd Baronet: Letter to 'Capability' Brown from Sir John Lambert rel. to Claremont: 1773.
f. 75 Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 17th Baron Dacre: Belhus, Essex: Letter to 'Capability' Brown from 17th Baron Dacre rel. to Belhus: 1773.
f. 81 Richard Howe, Viscount and 1st Earl Howe: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1773.
ff. 83, 101, 103, 107-109v Margaret Brown, daughter of 'Capability' Brown: Letters from her father to Margaret Brown: [1774?]-1782.
ff. 85, 87 Reverend Thomas Dyer: Correspondence with 'Capability' Brown: 1775: Partly draft.
f. 89 Admiral John Brown, son of 'Capability' Brown: Letter to his father: 1775.
ff. 91, 105 Bridget Brown, daughter of 'Capability' Brown: Letters from her father to Bridget Brown: 1775, 1778.
f. 93 Serle, of Testwood: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: [1775?].
f. 97 E. Cooke: Letter to her great-niece, daughter of 'Capability' Brown: 1777.
ff. 110-115v Bridget Brown, wife of 'Capability' Brown: Margaret Brown, daughter of 'Capability' Brown: Letters to her daughter, Margaret from Bridget Brown: 1782-1784.
f. 116 Frederick Nicolay, royal musician and librarian: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: n.d.
f. 120 M. O'Bryen: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: n.d.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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032-002043072

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1753

End Date:

1784

Date Range:

1753-1784

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Custodial History:

G. R. M. Pakenham: Owned.

Dorothy Stroud, art historian: Presented, in 1989.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Anson, George, Admiral Baron Anson
Arundell, Henry, 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour
Bertie, Willoughby, 4th Earl of Abingdon
Breton, William
Brown, Bridget, daughter of 'Capability' Brown
Brown, Bridget, wife of 'Capability' Brown
Brown, George, brother of 'Capability' Brown
Brown, John, Admiral son of 'Capability' Brown
Brown, Lancelot 'Capability', architect and landscape gardener
Brown, Margaret, daughter of 'Capability' Brown
Browne, Anthony Joseph, 7th Viscount Montagu
Brudenell-Bruce, Thomas, 2nd Baron Bruce of Tottenham, 1st Earl of Ailesbury 1776
Burgh, John Smith, 11th Earl of Clanricarde, landowner, 1720-1782
Cadogan, Charles Sloane, 1st Earl Cadogan, British politician, 1728-1807
Cecil, Brownlow, 9th Earl of Exeter
Charles Drummond and Co, bankers, of Charing Cross, c 1712
Chichester, Anne, 1st wife of Arthur, 1st Marquess of Donegall, 1738-1780
Combe Abbey, Warwickshire
Constable, William, of Burton Constable Yorkshire
Cooke, E
Coventry, George William, 6th Earl of Coventry
Craven, William, 6th Baron Craven
Dyer, Thomas, of Bedhampton, clergyman and chaplain, fl 1728-1780
Fox, Henry, 1st Baron Holland
Greville, Francis, 1st Earl of Warwick, courtier and landowner, 1719-1773
Howard, Henry, 12th Earl of Suffolk, politician, 1739-1779
Howe, Richard, 1st Earl Howe, naval officer, 1726-1799
Ingram, Charles, 9th Viscount Irwin
Jodrell, J, of Manchester
Lambert, John, 3rd Baronet
Lennard, Thomas, 17th Baron Dacre, 1717-1786
Lutterton, Emanuel, Major of the Duke of Brunswick's Service
Mainwaring, John, Reverend Fellow of St John's Cambridge
Montagu, John, 4th Earl of Sandwich, statesman, 1718-1792
Montagu, John, Admiral
Nicolay, Frederick, royal musician and librarian
North, Frederick, 2nd Earl of Guilford, politician and Prime Minister, 1732-1792
O'Bryen, M
Pakenham, G R M
Percy, Hugh, formerly Smithson 1st Duke of Northumberland
Pitt, Hester, wife of William Baroness Chatham 1st Earl of Chatham
Robinson, John, politician, 1727-1802
Serle, —, of Testwood
Spencer, George, 4th Duke of Marlborough
St Quinton, William, 5th Baronet
Stroud, Dorothy, art historian
Vaughan, Wilmot, Viscount Lisburne, 1st Earl of Lisburne
Yorke, Philip, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke

Places:

Belhus, Essex
Benham, Buckinghamshire
Burghley, Northamptonshire
Charlton, Wiltshire
Claremont, Surrey
Croome, Worcestershire
Langley, Buckinghamshire
Mamhead, Devon
Rycote, Oxfordshire
Scampston, East Riding of Yorkshire
Wardour Castle, Wiltshire
Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire
Woodstock, England